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Newly Homeless Youth STD Testing Patterns Over Time

Solorio, Rosa; Milburn, Norweeta; Weiss, Robert; Batterham, Philip

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Purpose: To use the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to examine the predisposing and need characteristics of newly homeless youth that are associated with sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing over time. Methods: A longitudinal cohort of newly homeless youth from Los Angeles County (n = 261; ages 12-20 years) were followed for 24 months. Youth were interviewed at baseline, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months, and asked about their background, housing situation, emotional distress (using...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorSolorio, Rosa
dc.contributor.authorMilburn, Norweeta
dc.contributor.authorWeiss, Robert
dc.contributor.authorBatterham, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:19:12Z
dc.identifier.issn1054-139X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/19220
dc.description.abstractPurpose: To use the Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations to examine the predisposing and need characteristics of newly homeless youth that are associated with sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing over time. Methods: A longitudinal cohort of newly homeless youth from Los Angeles County (n = 261; ages 12-20 years) were followed for 24 months. Youth were interviewed at baseline, 3, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months, and asked about their background, housing situation, emotional distress (using the Brief-Symptom Inventory), substance use, sexual risk behaviors, and their STD testing rates. We modeled our longitudinal data using logistic random effects models. Results: Characteristics of homeless youth that were associated with STD testing in our multivariate model included time in study (odds ratio [OR] 1.3, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.1-1.6), age at baseline (OR 1.2, 95% CI 1.1-1.4), being African-American (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.4-5.3), being from a mixed race/ethnic group (OR 2.8, 95% CI 1.3-5.8), self-identifying as a gay/bisexual male (OR 2.9, 95% CI 1.2-6.9), self-identifying as a heterosexual female (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.3-3.7), using amphetamines (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.1-2.6), and history of having gotten someone/becoming pregnant (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.4-3.9). Youth who lived in an apartment were less likely to have received an STD test than youth who lived in other types of housing (OR .4, 95% CI .2-.9). Sexual risk behaviors such as inconsistent condom use (OR 1.0, 95% CI .6-1.4) and number of sexual partners over past 3 months (OR 1.1, 95% CI 1.0-1.1) were not predictive of STD testing over time. Conclusions: A need exists for interventions to target young newly homeless youth who engage in high-risk sexual behaviors to increase their STD testing rates and thereby decrease their risk for HIV infection.
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.sourceJournal of Adolescent Health
dc.subjectKeywords: amphetamine; adolescent; adolescent pregnancy; adult; age distribution; article; bisexuality; Brief Symptom Inventory; child behavior; condom; confidence interval; controlled study; emotional stress; female; heterosexuality; high risk behavior; homelessne Homeless youth; Sexual behaviors; STD testing
dc.titleNewly Homeless Youth STD Testing Patterns Over Time
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume39
dc.date.issued2006
local.identifier.absfor111706 - Epidemiology
local.identifier.ariespublicationu4435982xPUB7
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationSolorio, Rosa, University of California
local.contributor.affiliationMilburn, Norweeta, University of California
local.contributor.affiliationWeiss, Robert, University of California
local.contributor.affiliationBatterham, Philip, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue3
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage443.e9
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage443.e16
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.017
dc.date.updated2015-12-07T08:32:11Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-33747089150
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